What I Wore New Year's Eve

On New Year's Eve we went to my mum's for the evening, just the four of us. We had curry and played some games and then watched Jools Holland in time for the midnight countdown. It was chilled out but really nice.

I pulled this dress out of the wardrobe, it's really old Scarlett & Jo although I'm not sure I've worn it before. I think I got it from Laura? I'm not sure! It's a tad on the small size for me I think, but it looks fine so I just wore it anyway.

I also, once again, put some make up on. I realised this lipstick matched the dress perfectly so I kept my eyes simple and put lots of layers of this on. It's yet again a Models Own one, one of the minty ones in a tube with a wand applicator. I love it.

Before we went out, trying to get a decent picture of the lipstick but I ended up looking so moody!

The dress, it has chiffon sleeves and a waist belt. I think I have the same style in grey with white spots.

Sitting at my mum's later in the evening

What I Wore December 23rd

Two days before Christmas Lee and I made our annual trip to Durham to see Lee's family. We had arranged to go out with all his immediate family - two of his three brothers, two sisters, his mam and stepdad, dad and stepmam, and all the siblings' families and so on. I think there were twenty of us all together! Oh yes our friend Paul came too, we usually invite him as he's just part of the family now. We had lunch in a pub near the city centre, it was okay, the pudding was a disappointment for me. But never mind, it was nice to see everyone.

Afterwards we went back to Lee's mam's house and swapped presents with her, Lee's stepdad, and one of his brothers. Lee's mam had bought me my Leuchtterm notebook that I mentioned in my last post, and another diary that I'm using as my datebook. We bought Lee's stepdad an 80s quiz game so we played that, which was fun.

We went to Lee's dad's to see him for a bit before bed.

I actually remembered to take some make up with me so I put some on just before we went to the pub. Did I say I discovered a bunch of lipsticks from Models Own that I'd forgotten about? This red one is one of them - it's a matte one with a wand so really easy to apply. I used a lipliner too because it really helps to keep lipstick in place. This stuff is weird - it tastes and smells minty! It looks good though, right?

I wore this Scarlett & Jo skirt which always looks great and which is warm enough for the winter. On our way out of the door in the morning I plucked this gorgeous raspberry jumper out of the drawer. It's from Joe Browns and I love it, it's a bit weird but I'm glad I've pulled it out again.

I kept my eyes really simple with just a bit of gold eyeshadow, to show off the lips more

You can argue that the raspberry jumper doesn't go with the blues and greens of the skirt but.... I don't care

Navy t-shirt on top!

Monday make up

I rarely wear make up, but I do like to wear it go out. I don't have loads of make up, and I own a range between cheap stuff and higher end stuff like MAC and Urban Decay. While we were on holiday I put on what is for me quite a lot of make up - concealer, mascara, eyeshadow, and lipstick. I almost never wear foundation - I'm lucky because my skin is quite clear so I only have to conceal a little bit.

I was practicing my pout

I thought this yellowy Urban Decay eyeshadow set off my eyes.

I put a slightly darker colour in my eye scoket

This was my nail polish, it's one of the Barry M Aquarium collection and I absolutely love it! It flashes between purple, gold and green.

Blog Every Day in August - Day 5

Today's theme is "What's in my make up bag?" Well, I don't wear make up very often but I sure do seem to have a lot of it!

I keep my make up in this case, my father in law bought it for me a looong time ago. It's huge!

Here you can see dry shampoo and my big eyeshadow palette. 

Now on to some favourites!

This is one of my most used eyeshadow palettes, it's an Urban Decay one that I've had for years. 

This is MAC concealer, it's super pale and it's my favourite. This is a new tube I treated myself to a couple of months ago because I lost my old one and I find it difficult to match any others to my skin tone. 

This is one of my favourite lipsticks, it's by Rimmel. 

This is my only mascara, also by Rimmel. It's brown black because I find black too harsh on my eyelashes. 

And THIS is my best kept secret! It's the BEST blusher for my skin tone, it isn't too pink but kind of bronzed pink. One small sweep goes a loooong way!